Kunst, Konflikt, Kollaboration: Hildebrand Gurlitt und die Moderne

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Kunst, Konflikt, Kollaboration

Hildebrand Gurlitt und die Moderne

Edited by: Nikola Doll , Uwe Fleckner and Gesa Jeuthe Vietzen

Volume 14 in the series Schriften der Forschungsstelle "Entartete Kunst"

Overview

About this book

Hildebrand Gurlitt was one of the art dealers who were commissioned to sell so-called “degenerate” artworks confiscated from German museums in 1937. Around 400 artworks from this context remained in his possession. They are housed in the Kunstmuseum Bern as the Cornelius Gurlitt Legacy. The volume is based on extensive research on the origins of the Hildebrand Gurlitt’s art collection. It addresses the position of the museum director and curator Gurlitt with respect to German Modernism and his role as an art dealer during the National Socialist era and in the postwar period. Further essays analyze et al. his activities in the context of the National Socialist politics of art and persecution and critically examine strategies in the art business after 1945. The catalogue contains all of the artworks in the Cornelius Gurlitt Legacy connected with the action to confiscate “degenerate art.”

Author / Editor information

Nikola Doll, Kunstmuseum Bern; Uwe Fleckner, University of Hamburg; Gesa Jeuthe Vietzen, Advisory Commission, Berlin.

Reviews

„Der opulente Band benennt akribisch Fakten und grenzt sich dabei ab von reißerischen Zuschreibungen, wie sie bei der Entdeckung des privaten Kunstfundus durch die Gazetten geisterten.“ (Ingrid Leps in: Leipziger Volkszeitung, 29. Mai 2023, https://www.lvz.de/kultur/kunsthaendler-der-nazis-neues-buch-ueber-die-rolle-hildebrand-gurlitts-PB3V76UVJVEAPLDTAWGRWAEU4A.html)

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Art history, history, provenance research.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 446
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 130
- Coloured Illustrations: 70
Keywords: Hildebrand Gurlitt; Cornelius Gurlitt; "degenerate art"; Kunstraub; art looting; art theft; restitution; provenance research; culture property; art market

Hardcover

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110799743